Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-23
TUESDAY. ..... AUGUST %. 1887.
The Malone Address.

that MALONE address, concerning which
so much has recently been said. 1t is
out. but it is not Republican address.
1t is q MALONE address, written by him
self with the aid Of Mr.. john S. WISE,
we guess, so far as concerns the por
ton of it referring to Governor LEE.
AS in duty bound, we lend the public
our aid in their effort to get sight
at this rather remarkable, though at
the same time utterly harmless address.
That MALONE is played out and
"done for" this address abundantly
testifes. The concluding paragraphs
have some "snap" in them, but the
address. as a whole, is stale, flat, and
improbable. These words are not
nsed because they happen to be handy,
bu: because they describe the address.
Not one word has MALONE to say rs
to the malignant utterances of the man
he is supporting for the presidency.
Not one word in defence of Virginia
from her libellers and defamers but a
plain attempt to aid them in their I'M
patriotic work of string up sectional
strife apparent in the references to the
McCoHsuCK law, and the totally I'M
founded charges that the Virginia peo
PIE cheat at the ballot-bOx.
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Republican principles have not
changed" No, nor Republican malig-
nifty. The North is to-day flooded
with scctionalappeals based upon state
mcnts concerning the southern people
not one whit worse than those endorsed
by MALONE. Well may he say that his
associates have not changed. No more
has lie. He is the same man whom
Virginia in 1888, 1884, and 1885 labelled
at the ballot-box as al enemy to his
native State.
MALONE has the etfrontery to claim
once more that the Republican party
is in favor of the repeal of the tobacco
tax. when he well knows, as all the in-
telligent voters in Virginia know, that
on the Cd of March last, in the ma
tional House OF Representatives, a vote
was taken upon the question of repeal
ing the tax on tobacco, and only eight
Republicans voted for repeal, whilst
1O7 Republicans voted against 1t,
whereas 131 Democrats voted for
repeal and only five Democrats against
repeal. What is the use of arguing
against MAHoNE's statements +? Nobody
credits them.
We are well aware that there is
large Democratic element i'll kentucky
Illinois, &c, opposed to the repeal OF
the tax on whiskoy, aud opposing the
repeal of the tobacco-taX because they
fear the whiskey-tax will also be re-
realcd. We have no apology to make
for such Democrats for internal taxes
have always been accounted intoler@ble
by the Democratic party. The Repub-
lican party, being consolidationists and
advocates of central despotic national
government, favor internal taxes for the
very reasons which ought to induce all
good Democrats to oppose them.
MAHoNEs references to the debt ques-
lion are Disappointing. His grand
scheme for settling it utterly fails to
"materialize." His language is both
amusing and impudent when he, Will
LIAM MALONE, charges the able Demo-
cratic lawyers in the Legislature, whose
attainments are SO far superior to his
that he is unworthy to have his name
mentioned in connection with theirs
we say, his language is amusing though
impudent when he seriously charges
such men with "not understanding the
principles on which the supplementary
laws TO the debt settlement were
framed" The sentence is one of Ma
HOMES own make-bcars his ear marks.
He is the man who writes, "supple-
mentary laws to the debt settlement,
when he means claws supplementary
to the debt settlement"
MALONE says that the Democratic LIE
Cislature at its last extra session "care
fully excluded any representative of thu
Republican party " from the debt com
mittee. So MALONE, one of the "nev
ISSUE" reads out of the Republican
party General WIcKKAM, who was a Re
publican long years before MAHoNI
ever pretended to be one. Well, Wick
HAM heads the BLAINE forces in Viz
ginia, and Will next year have the plea
sure Of seeing BLAINE nominated ant
SHERMAN left at home again, willis
MALONE CRASHES bis teeth in impoten
rage.
MALONE pretends to believe tina
BLAINE is in favor OF Federal aid t
Virginia in paying her debt as it nov
stands. Perhaps no tried to damag,
BLAINE with the northern Republicans
The Inder- appeal, contradicting Ma
,iosE in advance, says truly that "th'
much paraded opinion of Mr.. BLAINI
bad 10 relation TO old Virginia's tw,
lhirds of the debt, but was plea il
exoneration OF West Virginia from he
one third, and in behalf Of the bond
holders claim against the Fedora
Government for that one third" w
quote Mr.. BLAISE's words:
"The United States might well hav'
relieved Virginia and hare done justic,
10 her creditors BY making someallow
ance for the dwision Of her territory
"If the United States were wililna
10 place Virginia on the bssis on whict
lhet msensnin,ossIy placed Mexico al
ir ibs conquest Of that republic. saf'
1c1ent Allowance would be made 70 her
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